Nafe (Kwamera)

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Speaker: Martial wahe

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Speaker: Martial wahe

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Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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Speaker: Martial wahe

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Speaker: Martial wahe

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Speaker: Wahe Martial

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Speaker: Martial wahe

v. intransitive

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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Speaker: Martial wahe

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Speaker: Martial wahe

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Speaker: Martial wahe

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Speaker: Martial wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

j’ai peche par pirogue.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by JJ Harrison, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Todiramphus chloris, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Entada phaseoloides, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[kasusu] n.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Sargocentron cornutum via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: The stem of the tree is good for making a canoe

Scientific name: Artocarpus altilis, Speaker: Johnson Noar

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Example: Ornamental: The tiny seeds, appearing as a powder, are used to decorate one’s face during kastom ceremonies. The plant is used when the fruit is yellow.

Scientific name: Dendrobium, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Jean Eskar

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Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[mataga]

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Paddy Ryan / www.ryanphotographic.com, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Acanthurus mata via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: Hundreds of years ago, there was no tobacco. People dried and smoked this as tobacco. When fishing, wrap string around stem--use as a reel.

Scientific name: Argusia argentea, Speaker: Johnson Noar

[naŋema:fu] n.

Example: Construction: The timber of this plant is used as a wood to construct the posts of a house. It is also used to fashion paddles as an accessory to a canoe.

Scientific name: Turrillia lutea, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Lethrinus obsoletus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Digital Archives of Taiwan / via catalog.digitalarchi License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Lethrinus ornatus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Erik Schlogl / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Acanthurus blochii via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

[naŋe] n.

Example: Fruits have edible seeds. To prepare, sun dry the fruits, break kernal and roast or boil the nut inside. Is a common food plant. The wood makes good timber. The latex can be collected, put in a tin and then heated over a fire. It turns black and can be used as black paint. It also smells nice when heated.

Scientific name: Canarium, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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(Bislama) time

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: Used for food. Boil the leaves for 15-20 min, fry them, or put them in the earth oven to eat. They taste very good.

Scientific name: Microsorum, Speaker: Johnson Noar

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Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Ficus septica, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Dendrocnide, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: When people chew the kava root for processing, they spit it on this leaf. It is sort of a magic leaf for picking up a person--put 4 leaves together, 2 per side and then lift the person up.

Scientific name: Macropiper latifolium, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

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Example: Kastom medicine to ascertain the type of sickness a person has. Take two small 6 in. long branches with leaves, and place this on the person along with another unspecified plant. Will help diagnosis.

Scientific name: Breynia disticha, Speaker: Johnson Noar

[nɨŋgare̤me] n.

Example: This plant is known as "fishbone leaf" as the edge of the leaf tears away and the remaining part is serrated. It is a powerful medicine that is secret.

Scientific name: Leea indica, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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Example: A sharpened stick made from this plant is used to take the husk off of coconuts. The wood of this plant is used to make a child’s bow--carve the bark off and bend it with a string made from the banyon (Ficus) tree to both ends of the bow.

Scientific name: Acalypha grandis, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

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Example: To treat anemia, known as low blood, take a double handful of leaves, squeeze into 1 cup water, and drink 1 cup daily 5 days. Leaves also fed to pigs to help them grow faster.

Scientific name: Acalypha grandis, Speaker: Johnson Noar

[nɨkərə] n.

Example: If a person has a sore body or headache, someone else chews the leaf of this plant and spits the chewed leaf on the specific part of the person where the pain is found. The herb should stick to that part of the body and be applied 1x in the morninig and 1x in the afternoon, leaving the plant on the person as long as it stays.

Scientific name: Breynia disticha, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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Example: When thatching a house, put the coconut leaves on the crossbars, and then push the stem of this plant into the coconut leaves and bend them over to hold the coconut leaves. Use the stems of this plant as a support for yam vines. Use the stem to make arrows.

Scientific name: Miscanthus sinensis, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

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Example: Wood is hard, making it good for canoe making. Also used to make the stick that holds outrigger to canoe (Nikiavet).

Scientific name: Vitex trifolia, Speaker: Johnson Noar

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: Scrape inner bark (handful) and mix it with MJB 5157 in 1 liter water squeeze in bottle, drink 1 cup 2x daily for mother who is not producing enough milk for baby. Birds eat fruits -- all types like it (flying fox) also.

Scientific name: Ficus kajewskii, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

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Example: Unspecified secret medicine

Scientific name: Belvisia revoluta, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

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Example: Ornamental plant. Known to be poisonous.

Scientific name: Cascabela thevetia, Speaker: Johnson Noar

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Example: The wood from this tree makes a very good timber. Hunters know that the flying fox and pigeons like to eat the ripe fruits from this tree, so hunt near them when it is ripe.

Scientific name: Elaeocarpus angustifolius, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. semi-inalienable

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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(Bislama) nantao

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Erik Schlogl / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Acanthurus blochii via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Chlorurus bleekeri via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Bernard Dupont, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Plectorhinchus lessonii via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Pterocaesio trilineata via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Erik Schlogl / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Acanthurus lineatus, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Acanthurus guttatus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood. Hunting: Pidgeons are known to eat the fruit of this plant. As a result, hunters will cluster about these trees to hunt this animal. Construction: The timber of the plant is used to make roof members of local houses.

Scientific name: Parasponia andersonii, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by eschlogl / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Goniobranchus kuniei via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: Used for the construction of many things including walls for houses and benches.

Scientific name: Bambusa vulgaris, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: 1. Pidgeons ear the fruits. 2. The wood, being pliable, is used to fashion the limbs of hunting bows. 3. The bole is used as posts in western style houses.

Scientific name: Dysoxylum aneityense, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: The leaves of this plant are used to cover the hot stone ovens when cooking lap-lap. The ripe fruit is used to burn as a lap. Take the seeds, impale on the fiber in the middle of a coconut leaf pinnae and light, holding the slender stick and lighting a person’s way.

Scientific name: Ricinus communis, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Crenimugil crenilabis via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe